Faced with this very ordinary symptom, the clinician must consider whooping cough and try to support this diagnosis by the five key elements: 1) the paroxysmal and asthenic nature of the cough; 2) the particular course of the symptoms, where the cough becomes aggravated after an initial ...
SW Wright - 《Jama the Journal of the American Medical Association》 被引量: 503发表: 1995年 Does This Coughing Adolescent or Adult Patient Have Pertussis? The article discusses the diagnostic value of several symptoms of pertussis including paroxysmal cough, posttussive emesis, and inspiratory whoo...
All Respiratory Care employees were queried for symptoms of pertussis. RESULTS: The employee had contact with 62 pts during the period of communicability before exposure was reported. Twenty-three pts received oxygen per nasal cannula (indicating short-term exposure), 28 pts had prolonged exposure, ...
WHOOPING coughCOUGHINFECTIONSYMPTOMS1 Nagoya City University, Japan, 2 Gamagori City Hospital, Japan, 3 Daido Hospital, Japan B Background and Aim b : Pertussis has been associated with preadolescent incident asthma. Of patients with asthma, those with pertussis infection were signi...
Exclusion criteria were age under 30 years old, residence, and symptoms for pertussis illness. We excluded participants under 30 years old from the study. Each prospective participant was informed about the aims and procedures of the study and could then freely choose whether to participate or ...